Discovered devices panel

nRF Connect for Desktop

tags
nRF Connect for Desktop

The Discovered devices side panel lets you scan for nearby Bluetooth devices.

Discovered devices options

The following options are available:

Feature Description
Start scan Starts the scan for advertising Bluetooth devices nearby. The scan continues until you click Stop scan or until it hits the Timeout value.
Clear Clears the list of the devices.
Sort by signal strength Check the box to sort the list according to signal strength and thus according to which device is closest.
Filter Type device name or address to run a fuzzy live search through the list of discovered devices.
Active scan Check the box to run the scan without timeout. If unchecked, the scan will run for the amount of time specified in the Timeout field.
Timeout Time value in seconds during which the scan runs when the Active scan field is not checked.